Semiconductor for Device and Its Manufacturing Method

ABSTRACT

An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device by packaging a plurality of semiconductor chips three-dimensionally in a smaller thickness, with a smaller footprint, at the lower cost without using any other components and through a simpler manufacturing process of the semiconductor device than with the conventional methods. 
     A flip chip packaging structure is formed by directly connecting a first semiconductor chip ( 101 ) reduced in thickness by back grinding and a substrate ( 105 ) via a bump electrode ( 102 ) to a wiring pattern ( 106 ). Also, a second semiconductor chip ( 103 ) is formed with an electrode ( 104 ) that is higher than the sum of the thickness of the first semiconductor chip ( 101 ) and the height of the electrode ( 102 ), and the electrode ( 104 ) is directly connected to the wiring pattern ( 106 ) on the substrate ( 105 ), whereby the most-compact three-dimensional semiconductor packaged device is produced.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and itsmanufacturing method in which a plurality of semiconductor chips aremounted by flip chip packaging three-dimensionally on a commonsubstrate.

BACKGROUND ART

To achieve the higher density and smaller size of semiconductor devices,a flip chip packaging is mostly employed to package the semiconductorchips on a substrate. The flip chip packaging is a packaging method inwhich semiconductor bear chips having no packaging structure arepackaged face down on a wiring pattern of the substrate.

Conventionally, a packaging structure has been proposed in which anothersemiconductor chip is stacked on one semiconductor chip that is mountedby flip chip packaging (or another semiconductor chip is arrangedthree-dimensionally on one semiconductor chip) to reduce the packagingarea (patent documents 1 to 3).

In patent document 1, another semiconductor chip is stacked on onesemiconductor chip, and a wire bonding is employed for the connectionbetween the upper semiconductor chip of the stack and the wiring patternof the substrate (patent document 1).

Also, in patent documents 2 and 3, a packaging structure has beendisclosed in which to arrange three-dimensionally another semiconductorchip on the upper side of one semiconductor chip, a specific interchangesubstrate (interchange component) is arranged on the substrate, and theupper semiconductor chip is supported by this interchange substrate(interchange component).

Patent document 1: JP-A-11-260851

Patent document 2: JP-A-2002-170921

Patent document 3: JP-A-2002-270760

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems that the Invention is to Solve

With a packaging technique as described in patent document 1, thethickness of semiconductor device is increased owing to the wiringheight of wire bonding, and the thickness of resin that seals the wireportion. Since the bonding wire extends transversely too, there is notnecessarily greater area reduction effect than where the semiconductorchips are arranged on the plane.

Also, with a packaging technique as described in patent document 2 or 3,the specific interchange substrate (interchange component) occupies aconsiderable area, so that the footprint of semiconductor device extendstransversely, in which case there is also not necessarily greater areareduction effect than where the semiconductor chips are arranged on theplane. Moreover, since the thickness of the semiconductor device isincreased due to the thickness of the specific interchange substrate(interchange component), a volume reduction effect is not fullyachieved, and the cost may be possibly increased due to the use of theinterchange substrate (interchange component).

In this way, with the conventional packaging techniques, when aplurality of semiconductor chips are packaged in stacks (or packagedthree-dimensionally), there are less sufficient points in terms of thearea and volume reduction effects and the cost than where the chips arearranged on the plane.

This invention has been achieved in the light of the above-mentionedproblems, and it is an object of the invention to package asemiconductor device having the less thickness and the smaller footprintat the lower cost without using any other component than with theconventional methods, when a plurality of semiconductor chips arearranged three-dimensionally, and simplify a manufacturing process forthe semiconductor device.

Means for Solving the Problems

A semiconductor device of the invention comprising a substrate formedwith a predetermined wiring pattern on a principal plane, a firstsemiconductor chip having a first electrode for connecting to the wiringpattern on the substrate, the first semiconductor chip being mounted byflip chip packaging by directly connecting the first electrode to anapplicable portion of the wiring pattern, and a second semiconductorchip, which is larger in both the longitudinal and transversal lengthsthan the first semiconductor chip, having a second electrode forconnecting to the wiring pattern, the second semiconductor chip beingmounted by flip chip packaging by directly connecting the secondelectrode to an applicable portion of the wiring pattern, in which atotal sum of the thickness of the second electrode and the thickness ofthe applicable portion of the wiring pattern connected to the secondelectrode is beyond a total sum of the thickness of the firstsemiconductor chip, the thickness of the first electrode and thethickness of the wiring pattern at the predetermined portion connectedto the first electrode, the second semiconductor chip being locatedabove the first semiconductor chip.

Two semiconductor chips having different chip sizes are mounted by flipchip packaging on the common substrate without using any specialcomponents. The first semiconductor chip having smaller chip size fullyoverlaps and is disposed directly under the second semiconductor chiphaving greater chip size, whereby the thin type three-dimensional flipchip packaging structure is realized. The wall thickness of the firstsemiconductor chip located on the lower side can be reduced by backgrinding (back polishing), and the connection electrode (firstelectrode) of the first semiconductor chip can be the low bump electrode(with small height) that is formed by metal plating, whereby the heightof the first semiconductor chip can be suppressed. On the other hand,the second electrode that supports the second semiconductor chip locatedon the upper side is the thick electrode (with great height) used forbonding pad to secure the considerable height. Also, when the height isinsufficient, a projection portion (extension electrode) may be providedat the tip end of the second electrode by plating to compensate forinsufficient height (the projection portion is also formed at theapplicable portion of the wiring pattern on the surface of thesubstrate, to which the second electrode is connected, to further obtainthe height.) Thereby, the total sum of the thickness of the secondelectrode and the thickness of the applicable portion of the wiringpattern connected to the second electrode is beyond the total sum of thethickness of the first semiconductor chip, the thickness of the firstelectrode and the thickness of the wiring pattern at the predeterminedportion connected to the first electrode, whereby the secondsemiconductor chip can be located directly above the first semiconductorchip, employing the same electrode material and the same electrodeforming technique as for packaging the semiconductor of the type inwhich the semiconductor chips are placed flat on the same plane. Sincethe first semiconductor and the second semiconductor are mounted by flipchip packaging on the principal plane of the common substrate, thesemiconductor device can be reduced in thickness. Also, since thethree-dimensional flip chip packaging is made employing the sameelectrode material and electrode forming technique as for packaging thesemiconductor of the type placed flat on the same plane, any specialcomponent is unnecessary, and the number of semiconductor devices takenin the same substrate area can be reasonably increased, so that the costof the semiconductor device can be reduced.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, a shield layer isformed on the surface of the first semiconductor chip opposite to thesecond semiconductor chip.

Due to the shield layer, each semiconductor chip is less susceptible toelectromagnetic noise. The shield layer is provided on the surface ofthe first semiconductor chip, and does not prevent the slimming-down ofthe semiconductor device.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, the first electrodeof the first semiconductor chip is a metal electrode with small height,and the second electrode of the second semiconductor chip is anelectrode with great height composed of a thick metal layer used for abonding pad.

The first electrode is the low bump electrode (with small height) formedby metal plating, whereby the packaging height of the firstsemiconductor chip can be suppressed low. On the other hand, the secondelectrode that supports the second semiconductor chip located on theupper side is the thick electrode (with great height) used for bondingpad to secure the considerable height. That is, the three-dimensionalflip chip packaging is made employing the same electrode material andthe same electrode forming technique as for packaging the semiconductorof the type in which the semiconductor chips are placed flat on the sameplane.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, a projection portionof metal plating is formed at an applicable portion of the wiringpattern to which the second electrode of the second semiconductor chipis connected.

As a measure where the height is insufficient with only the secondelectrode, the projection portion is formed at the applicable portion ofthe wiring pattern on the surface of the substrate, to which the secondelectrode is connected, to compensate for the height. Thereby, thesecond semiconductor chip is reasonably located above the firstsemiconductor chip without using the special components, whereby thethree-dimensional flip chip structure is implemented.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, the firstsemiconductor chip is bonded via an insulating resin on the secondsemiconductor chip.

The semiconductor device has a structure in which the firstsemiconductor chip is bonded via an insulating resin on the secondsemiconductor chip. Since the first and second semiconductor chips areintegrated, the integrated chips can be mounted on the substratecollectively. Hence, the manufacturing process of the semiconductordevice is simplified. Also, the first semiconductor chip that is thinand weak to the stress is bonded on the second semiconductor chip havinga predetermined thickness and relatively strong to the stress, and then,the semiconductor chips are mounted by flip chip packaging collectively,whereby there is the effect that there is no restriction on packagingthe first semiconductor chip, making the universal packaging methodavailable.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, a gap between thesubstrate and the second semiconductor chip is sealed with athermosetting insulating resin.

The semiconductor device has a strong structure with the sealing resinthrough heat treatment, improving the moisture resistance and theenvironment resistance.

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, a gap between thesubstrate and the second semiconductor chip is sealed with athermoplastic insulating resin.

The semiconductor has a strong structure with the sealing resin. Alsothe adhesive strength of the sealing resin is weakened by heating theentire device, so that the device can be peeled from the adhesiveinterface and repaired (the semiconductor chip can be remounted).

Also, in the semiconductor device of the invention, the substrate ismade of an ultraviolet ray transmitting base material, or has an openingportion in its part, and has a sealing structure with an ultravioletcure insulating resin in the form of not covering the surface of thefirst semiconductor chip opposite to the substrate.

In the semiconductor device for optical module such as a semiconductordevice for high frequency module or a solid state image pickup element,the surface of the first semiconductor chip opposite to the substrate isopened (i.e., not covered with resin) to form a hollow portion, wherebythere are the merits of reducing the parasitic capacity of a highfrequency circuit to improve the high frequency characteristics, orenabling the light to be applied from the back side of the substrate tothe light receiving plane formed on the back face of the firstsemiconductor chip. In consideration of this point, in this form, thesubstrate provided partly with an opening portion (substrate that ispartly hollow), or the transparent substrate transmissive to ultravioletray (i.e., light) is employed, and the semiconductor device is sealedwith resin, except for the back face of the first semiconductor chip(the surface of the substrate), to form a resin sealant that is partlyhollow. The reason why the ultraviolet cure insulating resin(ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate) is used as the sealing materialis that the resin is prevented from flowing into the hollow portion byapplying ultraviolet ray to at least a peripheral portion around thehollow portion from the substrate side to harden the peripheral portionin the resin sealing process.

Also, in another form of the semiconductor device of the invention, thesubstrate is made of an ultraviolet ray transmitting base material, orhas an opening portion in its part, and has a sealing structure with anultraviolet cure insulating resin only around a connection portionbetween each of the first and second semiconductor chips and theapplicable portion of the wiring pattern on the substrate.

The resin sealed portion is limited to the periphery around theconnection portion between the first and second semiconductor chips andthe substrate. For the first semiconductor chip, the same effects (i.e.,improvement of the frequency characteristics for the high frequencycircuit by avoiding the contact with the resin, and ability of applyingthe ultraviolet ray from the substrate side to input the light from thesubstrate side) as in the previous form with the hollow portion. Sincethe resin does not contact the side face or back face of the secondsemiconductor chip, the frequency characteristics (high frequencycharacteristics) of the circuit can be improved for not only the firstsemiconductor chip but also the second semiconductor chip.

Also, a semiconductor device manufacturing method of the inventionincludes a step of reducing the thickness by back grinding (backpolishing) and preparing the substrate formed with a predeterminedwiring pattern on its principal plane, and a step of flip chip packagingeach of the first semiconductor chip having the first electrode and thesecond semiconductor chip having the second electrode on the substrateto form a three-dimensional flip chip packaging structure in which thesecond semiconductor chip is located above the first semiconductor chip.

The thickness of the first semiconductor chip located on the lower sideis reduced beforehand, and the thickness of the first electrode isreduced to suppress the position of the first semiconductor chip low,while for the second chip, the total sum of the thickness of the secondelectrode and the thickness of the wiring pattern portion is increased,whereby the second semiconductor can be mounted by flip chip packagingabove the first semiconductor reasonably. There is the effect that themanufacturing process is not complicated because the normal packagingtechnique is only applied without using the excess components.

Also, the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the inventionfurther includes a step of forming a shield layer on the surface of thefirst semiconductor chip opposite to the second semiconductor chip, inaddition to the above steps.

The shield layer (e.g., thin metal layer made of aluminum) is formedbeforehand on the first semiconductor chip, and the first and secondsemiconductor chips are mounted by flip chip packagingthree-dimensionally, as described above, whereby the electromagneticnoise resistance of each chip can be efficiently improved.

Also, in the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the invention,the step of forming the three-dimensional flip chip packaging structureincludes a step of integrating the first semiconductor chip and thesecond semiconductor chip by bonding the first semiconductor chip to thesecond semiconductor chip, and flip chip packaging the integrated firstand second semiconductor chip on the substrate collectively.

The first and second chips are integrated beforehand by bonding, and theintegrated chips are mounted by flip chip packaging collectively. Sincethe flip chip packaging process is required only once, the manufacturingprocess is simplified.

Also, the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the inventionfurther includes a step of supplying a film- or paste-like insulatingresin or anisotropic conductive resin to an area where the firstsemiconductor chip is mounted by flip chip packaging, and a step ofsupplying a film- or paste-like insulating resin or anisotropicconductive resin to an area where the second semiconductor chip ismounted by flip chip packaging.

With this method, the resin sealing is completed at the same time whentwo semiconductor chips are mounted by flip chip packaging, whereby theresin sealant can be formed efficiently.

Also, the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the inventionfurther includes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin forsealing, and a step of curing the paste-like insulating resin through aheat treatment.

Thereby, the resin sealant having a strong structure can be formedefficiently, thereby improving the moisture resistance and theenvironment resistance of the semiconductor device.

Also, the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the inventionfurther includes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin, anda step of curing the paste-like insulating resin by applying anultraviolet ray to at least a part of the insulating resin so that theinsulating resin may not flow into a connection area of the firstsemiconductor chip with the substrate.

With this method, the semiconductor device can be efficiently formed inwhich the first semiconductor chip is sealed with resin only around theconnection electrode, and has a functional face (drive face) exposed(i.e., in hollow state), while the second semiconductor chip is fullysealed with resin. In making the resin sealing, the resin is effectivelyprevented from flowing into the hollow portion, employing the opticalcuring of the resin.

Also, in the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the invention,the step of forming the three-dimensional flip chip packaging structureincludes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin oranisotropic insulating resin to only a connection part of the firstsemiconductor chip with the substrate, and a step of flip chip packagingthe first semiconductor chip on the substrate by applying an ultravioletray to at least a part of the insulating resin so that the insulatingresin may not flow into the connection part of the first semiconductorchip with the substrate, a step of flip chip packaging the secondsemiconductor chip on the substrate, a step of supplying a paste-likeinsulating resin for sealing, and a step of curing the paste-likeinsulating resin through a heat treatment.

With this method, two semiconductor chips are mounted by flip chippackaging, and the semiconductor device having a strong resin sealedstructure can be efficiently manufactured in which the firstsemiconductor chip is sealed with resin in a hollow state, while thesecond semiconductor chip is fully sealed with resin.

Also, in the semiconductor device manufacturing method of the invention,the step of forming the three-dimensional flip chip packaging structureincludes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin oranisotropic insulating resin to only a connection part of the firstsemiconductor chip with the substrate, a step of flip chip packaging thefirst semiconductor chip on the substrate by applying an ultraviolet rayto at least a part of the insulating resin so that the insulating resinmay not flow into the connection part of the first semiconductor chipwith the substrate, a step of flip chip packaging the secondsemiconductor chip on the substrate, and a step of curing the uncuredinsulating resin by applying an ultraviolet ray to an uncured part ofthe insulating resin so that the insulating resin may not flow into theconnection area of the second semiconductor chip with the substrate.

With this method, the peripheral portion around the connection part(connection electrode) between each of the first and secondsemiconductor chips and the substrate is only sealed with resin, whilepreventing the resin from flowing into the hollow portion employing theoptical curing of the resin.

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION

With the invention, the two semiconductor chips having different chipsizes are mounted by flip chip packaging on the principal plane of thecommon substrate, using the usual packaging technique, without using anyspecial components.

That is, employing a method of reducing the thickness of the firstsemiconductor chip and the height of the electrode to suppress theheight of the support position of the first semiconductor chip, andincreasing the height of the electrode for the second semiconductorchip, and forming the projection portion at the applicable portion ofthe wiring pattern, as needed, to compensate for an insufficient height,the second semiconductor chip can be supported directly above the firstsemiconductor chip without using any special components and techniques.

Thereby, the first semiconductor chip having smaller chip size fullyoverlaps and is disposed directly under the second semiconductor chiphaving greater chip size, whereby the thin type three-dimensional flipchip packaging structure having the compact structure is realized.

Since the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor are mountedby flip chip packaging on the principal plane of the common substrate,the semiconductor device can be remarkably reduced in thickness.

Also, since the three-dimensional flip chip packaging is fabricatedemploying the same electrode material and the same electrode formingtechnique as for packaging the semiconductor of the type in which thesemiconductor chips are placed flat on the same plane, any specialcomponents are unnecessary, and the number of semiconductor devicestaken in the same substrate area can be reasonably increased, so thatthe cost of the semiconductor device is reduced.

Also, the electromagnetic shield layer is formed on the upper face ofthe first semiconductor chip, and the first and second semiconductorchips are integrated and mounted by flip chip packaging collectively,whereby the higher performance of the semiconductor device and the lowermanufacturing cost can be achieved.

Also, employing a method of face down bonding the chips collectively,the first semiconductor chip that is thin and weak to the stress isbonded on the second semiconductor chip having a predetermined thicknessand relatively strong to the stress, and then, the semiconductor chipsare mounted by flip chip packaging collectively, whereby there is theeffect that there is no restriction on packaging the first semiconductorchip, making the universal packaging method available.

Also, the moisture resistance and the environment resistance of thesemiconductor device can be improved by forming the resin sealant. Theresin sealant takes a form of sealing the entire semiconductor device ora form of sealing only the peripheral portion around the connection partbetween the first and second semiconductor chips. In the former form,the first and second chips can be protected with resin. In the latterform, the resin does not contact the second semiconductor chip, wherebythe high frequency characteristics of the circuit can be improved.

Also, in the semiconductor device for optical module such as asemiconductor device for high frequency module or a solid state imagepickup element, the surface of the first semiconductor chip opposite tothe substrate is opened (i.e., not covered with resin) to form a hollowportion, reducing the parasitic capacity of a high frequency circuit toimprove the high frequency characteristics, or enabling the light to beapplied from the back side of the substrate to the light receiving planeformed on the back face of the first semiconductor chip. Inconsideration of this point, in this invention, a structure in which theresin sealant is provided with the hollow portion can be dealt with.That is, the partly hollow substrate or the transparent substratetransmissive to ultraviolet ray is employed, and the ultraviolet cureinsulating resin is employed as the sealing material, the resin isprevented from flowing into the hollow portion by applying ultravioletray to at least a peripheral portion around the hollow portion from thesubstrate side to harden the peripheral portion in the resin sealingprocess, whereby the small and thin semiconductor device suitable foroptical module such as semiconductor device for high frequency module orsolid state image pickup element can be realized.

Also, the ultraviolet cure and thermosetting are both employed inhardening the resin, whereby the sealing characteristics of the sealantcan be further improved.

Also, with the invention, two semiconductor chips are mounted by flipchip packaging on the common substrate efficiently, and the resinsealant is formed and packaged, as needed, whereby the small, thin andreliable semiconductor device can be manufactured efficiently throughthe simplified manufacturing process.

In the semiconductor device of the invention, a plurality ofsemiconductor chips are mounted by flip chip packaging on the samesubstrate surface, achieving the lower cost, high density and reductionin thickness, and simplifying the manufacturing process. Accordingly,the semiconductor device can be employed as the semiconductor packagefor a semiconductor memory or SIP (System in Package) for which thehigher integration, reduction in thickness and stacking are sought.

The semiconductor device having the hollow structure partly in the resinsealant is suitable for the uses of optical module components such ashigh frequency module components or solid state image pickup elements.

With the invention, the easy-to-use three-dimensional flip chippackaging technique can be established without using any specialcomponents or techniques.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device showing abasic structure of the semiconductor device according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device having astructure in which an electromagnetic shield layer is formed on theupper face of a first semiconductor chip.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device having astructure with the increased height by plating partly a wiring patternon the substrate.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device showinganother example of the semiconductor device of the invention (the firstand second semiconductor chips are integrated).

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device showinganother example of the semiconductor device of the invention (the entiresemiconductor device is sealed with resin).

FIGS. 6A and 6B are cross-sectional views of the semiconductor deviceshowing the structure examples of the semiconductor device having ahollow resin sealant, wherein FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view of thesemiconductor device using the substrate with an opening portion, andFIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device using theultraviolet ray transmitting substrate.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are cross-sectional views of the semiconductor devicehaving a structure in which a hollow portion is provided and only theperiphery around the electrode of each semiconductor chip is sealed withresin, wherein FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductordevice using the substrate with the opening portion, and FIG. 7B is across-sectional view of the semiconductor device using the ultravioletray transmitting substrate.

FIGS. 8A to 8C are the cross-sectional views of the device in a mainprocess, showing a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device ofFIG. 1 according to the invention.

FIGS. 9A to 9D are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductor devicein the main process, showing the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device of FIG. 2 (semiconductor device having a structurein which the shield layer is provided).

FIGS. 10A to 10E are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process, showing the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device of FIG. 4.

FIGS. 11A to 11F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process, showing the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device of FIG. 5.

FIGS. 12A to 12F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process, for explaining the manufacturing method ofthe semiconductor device as shown in FIG. 6A.

FIGS. 13A to 13F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process, for explaining the manufacturing method ofthe semiconductor device as shown in FIG. 7A.

Description of Reference Numerals and Signs

-   101 first semiconductor chip subjected to a thickness reduction    process by back grinding-   102 first electrode (bump electrode) with small height for face down    packaging-   103 second semiconductor chip-   104 second electrode (bump electrode) with great height for face    down packaging (e.g., a metal layer for bonding pad and a plated    layer are combined to secure a predetermined height)-   105 substrate (packaging substrate)-   106 wiring pattern an substrate (terminal electrode)-   107 electromagnetic shield layer made of metal-   108 plated layer on wiring pattern (metal layer for compensating for    an insufficient height of the second electrode)-   109(1), 109(2), 109 sealing resin-   110 adhesive-   150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166 semiconductor devices    (SiP, etc.) having the three-dimensional flip chip structure of the    invention-   205 packaging substrate having an opening portion-   208 ultraviolet ray transmitting packaging substrate-   209(1), 209(2) sealing resin (resin having both the thermosetting    and ultraviolet cure properties)-   A hollow portion (portion provided with sealing resin)

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be describedbelow with reference to the accompanying drawings.

EMBODIMENT 1

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device showing abasic structure of the semiconductor device according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the semiconductor device 150 is composed of twosemiconductor chips 101 and 103 that are mounted by flip chip packagingthree-dimensionally.

That is, a first semiconductor chip (a semiconductor chip on the lowerside) 101 is formed with a bump electrode (a low electrode; hereinafterreferred to as a first electrode) 102 by metal plating. This firstelectrode 102 is directly connected to a predetermined wiring pattern106 formed on a substrate 105. That is, the first semiconductor deviceis mounted by flip chip packaging on a principal plane of the substrate105.

Likewise, a second semiconductor chip 103 is formed with a highelectrode (hereinafter referred to as a second electrode) 104. Thissecond electrode 104 is directly connected to the predetermined wiringpattern 106 formed on the substrate 105. That is, the secondsemiconductor chip 103, like the first semiconductor chip 101, ismounted by flip chip packaging on the principal plane of the substrate105.

Any special components are not employed in this three-dimensional flipchip structure.

Herein, the first semiconductor chip 101 is made of a material such assilicone (Si) that can be reduced in thickness, and back ground (backpolished) beforehand to a thickness of about 50 to 80 μm.

Also, the first electrode 102 is made of a metal material such as Ni, Auor Cu, its height being suppressed as low as from 5 to 10 μm.

On the other hand, the second semiconductor chip 103 is made of amaterial capable of flip chip packaging such as Si, SiC or GaAs, itsthickness being from about 100 to 600 μm. To further reduce thethickness of the semiconductor device, the second semiconductor chip 103may be back ground.

The second semiconductor chip 104 is made of a metal material such asNi, Au or Cu, the height being from 90 to 120 μm. In FIG. 1, the top endof the second electrode 104 is like a protrusion (e.g., such electrodehaving a protrusion at the top end can be formed by laminating twoelectrode layers) to secure the height.

The second electrode 104 that supports the second semiconductor chip 103may be the electrode having great thickness (height) used for bondingpad, for example. Thereby, it is possible to secure the considerableheight. That is, the three-dimensional flip chip packaging can beimplemented reasonably by making effective use of the same electrodematerial and the same electrode forming technique as the semiconductorpackaging of the type in which the semiconductor chips are placed flaton the same plane.

As described above, since the thickness of the first semiconductor chip101 is from about 50 to 80 μm, and the height of the first electrode 102is from about 5 to 10 μm, the position of the upper face of the firstsemiconductor chip 101 is about 90 μm at maximum from the principalplane of the substrate 105. On the other hand, since the height of thesecond electrode 104 is from about 90 to 120 μm, the secondsemiconductor chip 103 can be held directly above the firstsemiconductor chip 101.

Also, the substrate (packaging substrate) 105 is made of an organicmaterial (epoxy, polyimide, etc.) or an inorganic material (glass,ceramic, etc.). The wiring pattern (terminal electrode) 106 is formed by(electrolytic or electroless) plating with Ni and Au on the surface of arolled or electrolytic Cu foil as the base in the case of wiring form byplating, in which the total wiring height is from 30 to 50 μm, and theflatness of the electrode part where the semiconductor chips 101 and 103are packaged is ±2 μm or less. The wiring pattern may be formed bydispensing. In a case of forming the wiring pattern by dispensing, thesubstrate is coated with nano-paste of Ag, Au or Pg and burned to athickness from 10 to 20 μm.

Various variations or applications of the basic packaging structure asshown in FIG. 1 may be made as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device having astructure in which an electromagnetic shield layer is formed on theupper face of the first semiconductor chip.

As shown in FIG. 2, a foil material or (nano) paste layer of Al, Ag, Auor Cu as a shield material 107 is provided 5 to 10 μm thick on the upperface of the semiconductor chip. Thereby, the electromagnetic noiseresistance of the first and second semiconductor chips 101 and 103 isimproved. The shield material 107, which is very thin, does not preventthe second semiconductor chip 103 from being arrangedthree-dimensionally.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device having astructure in which the height is increased by plating a part of thewiring pattern on the substrate.

If a sufficient height can not be secured only by increasing the heightof the second electrode 104, a part of the wiring pattern on thesubstrate 105 may be plated to compensate for the insufficient heightwith the plated part.

As shown in FIG. 3, only the wiring pattern 106 connected to the secondelectrode 104 is plated locally (e.g., Cu plating), so that thethickness of a plating layer 108 is made from about 30 to 50 μm.Thereby, the second semiconductor chip 103 can be supported at higherposition by the thickness of the plating layer 108. Accordingly, even ifthe height is insufficient only with the second electrode 104, thethree-dimensional flip chip packaging can be made by compensating forthe insufficient height effectively.

In the case where the wiring pattern 106 is formed by dispensing, theelectrode portion 108 to compensate for the height is also formed bydispensing. Its thickness is from about 30 to 50 μm.

A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device of FIG. 1 (to FIG.3) will be described below.

FIGS. 8A to 8C are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductor devicein the main process, showing the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device of FIG. 1 according to the invention.

As shown in FIG. 8A, the wiring pattern 106 is formed on the substrate105 (by evaporation of metal and patterning). At this time, the terminalelectrode 108 (FIG. 3) is formed on the wiring pattern 106 by localplating or dispensing, as needed.

Then, the first electrode 102 is formed, and the first semiconductorchip 101 back ground to a thickness of 50 μm is mounted by flip chippackaging on the substrate 105 by a low temperature, low load methodwith small stress distortion (e.g., ultrasonic bonding at ordinarytemperature and with low load, or vacuum bonding at ordinary temperatureafter plasma treatment on the electrode surface), as shown in FIG. 8B.

And the second semiconductor chip 103 formed with the second electrode104 is mounted by flip chip packaging on the substrate 105 by anultrasonic bonding or metal bonding method, as shown in FIG. 8C.

FIGS. 9A to 9D are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductor devicein the main process for explaining the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device (semiconductor device having a structure providedwith the shield layer) as shown in FIG. 2.

FIGS. 9A, 9B and 9D correspond to FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C. A characteristicprocess of the manufacturing method as shown in FIG. 9 is the process ofFIG. 9C. That is, in the process of FIG. 9C, the electromagnetic shieldlayer 107 is formed on the first semiconductor chip 101 that is mountedby flip chip packaging.

Various variations may be made to the invention. For example, the secondsemiconductor chip 101 may be also back ground thinly to further reducethe thickness of the semiconductor device. Also, the third semiconductorchip may be mounted by flip chip packaging on the same substrate surfaceto further increase the packaging density. Also, a plurality ofsemiconductor chips or face packaging parts may be arranged on the lowerface of the second semiconductor chip to implement the higher densitypackaging.

EMBODIMENT 2

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device, showinganother example of the semiconductor device (the first and secondsemiconductor chips are integrated) according to the invention. In FIG.4, the parts common to the previous drawings are designated by the samereference numerals, and the explanation of the common parts is omittedhere. This point also applies to the following drawings.

Though in the previous embodiment two semiconductor chips are mounted byflip chip packaging separately, in this embodiment two semiconductorchips (101, 103) are firstly bonded, and then the integratedsemiconductor chips are collectively mounted by flip chip packaging onthe substrate 105.

That is, though in the previous embodiment the first semiconductor chip101 and the second semiconductor chip 103 are not in contact or closecontact, in this embodiment the upper face of the first semiconductorchip 101 and the lower face of the second semiconductor chip 103 arefixed together by an adhesive 110.

This adhesive 107 is epoxy resin, polyimide resin, acrylic resin, orsilicone resin having high heat resistance (a glass transitiontemperature from 120 to 180° C.), and desirably free of corrosioninducing components such as halogen or organic phosphoric acid. Also,the curing temperature of the adhesive 107 is from 100 to 200° C.

A method for manufacturing this semiconductor device will be describedbelow.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device in the manprocess, showing the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device ofFIG. 4.

First of all, the second semiconductor chip 103 is prepared, as shown inFIG. 10A.

Then, the adhesive 110 is supplied not to cover an electrode formingarea on the second semiconductor chip 103, as shown in FIG. 10B.

Then, the first semiconductor chip 101 is bonded (die bonding) on thesecond semiconductor chip 103, as shown in FIG. 10C. The firstsemiconductor chip 101 is formed with the first electrode (bumpelectrode) 102. Also, the first semiconductor chip is back ground to athickness of 50 μm.

And the second electrode (high electrode) 104 is formed on the secondsemiconductor chip, as shown in FIG. 10D. At this time, there isdesirably a dispersion of ±2 μm or less in the height of the firstelectrode 102 and the second electrode 104 from the back face of thesecond semiconductor chip 103. Herein, a leveling process for reducingthe height dispersion may be added.

Lastly, the integrated semiconductor chips 101 and 103 are collectivelymounted by flip chip packaging on the substrate 105 formed with thewiring pattern (terminal electrode) 106 by ultrasonic bonding or metalbonding, as shown in FIG. 10E.

In this way, the first semiconductor chip 101 which is weak to thestress is bonded with the semiconductor chip 103 which is relativelystrong to the stress, and they are collectively mounted by flip chippackaging, whereby there is no restriction on packaging the firstsemiconductor chip, making the universal packaging method available.

Though in the previous explanation the first and second electrodes (102,104) of the semiconductor chips (101, 103) are formed separately, thechips (101, 103) may be firstly die bonded, and collectively formed withthe plating electrodes (102, 104), employing a plating mask. Thereby,the dispersion in the electrode height is reduced.

EMBODIMENT 3

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor device, showinganother example of the semiconductor device (entirely sealed with resin)according to the invention.

In this embodiment, the bear chips (101, 103) are sealed with resin toform a package structure, improving the water resistance or theenvironment resistance. As shown in FIG. 5, a semiconductor device 158of this embodiment is provided with a resin sealant 109 for sealing theentire device (the other structure is the same as in FIG. 1).

The sealing resin 109 is epoxy resin, polyimide resin, acrylic resin, orsilicone resin having high heat resistance (a glass transitiontemperature from 120 to 180° C.), and desirably free of corrosioninducing components such as halogen or organic phosphoric acid. Also,the curing temperature of the sealing resin 109 is from 100 to 200° C.

A method for manufacturing this semiconductor device will be describedbelow.

FIGS. 11A to 11F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process, showing the manufacturing method of thesemiconductor device of FIG. 5.

First of all, the wiring pattern (terminal electrode) 106 is formed onthe substrate 105, as shown in FIG. 11A.

Then, an insulating adhesive film (NCF) 109(1) that does not obstructthe flip chip packaging is supplied to a packaging area of the firstsemiconductor chip 101 on the substrate 105, as shown in FIG. 11B.Reference numeral (1) of reference sign 109(1) indicates that the resinis firstly partially supplied.

The insulating adhesive film 109(1) maybe an anisotropic conductive film(ACF) or paste type (NCP or ACP).

Then, the first semiconductor chip 101 formed with the first electrode102 is mounted by flip chip packaging on the substrate 105, as shown inFIG. 11C. This packaging is made by a thermocompression bonding methodof heating and compressing the device at 150 to 220° C. for 5 to 20seconds.

And the same insulating adhesive film 109(2) is supplied to an areawhere the second semiconductor chip 103 is packaged, as shown in FIG.1D.

Finally, the second semiconductor chip 103 formed with the secondelectrode 104 is mounted by flip chip packaging on the substrate 105 bythe same thermocompression bonding method, as shown in FIG. 11E.

In this way, the semiconductor device entirely sealed with resin isformed, as shown in FIG. 11F.

The entire resin sealant is designated by reference numeral 109 (i.e.,109 is a total of 109(1) and 109(2)) in FIGS. 11E and 11F.

With the above method, the sealing resin is firstly supplied to thesubstrate and the semiconductor chip is mounted by flip chip packagingusing the thermocompression bonding method. However, an underfillsealing resin paste may be flowed into the semiconductor chips mountedby flip chip packaging in the first and second embodiments, employing acapillary flow phenomenon from the lateral face.

The sealing resin paste has desirably a viscosity of 1 to 30 Pa·s. Toassure higher reliability, the paste desirably contains 20 to 50 wt % ofsilica powder from less than 1 μm to 10 μm in diameter. In this case,there is the advantage that the collective resin sealing is allowed, andthe process is simpler than the thermocompression bonding method.

EMBODIMENT 4

In this embodiment, a structure having a hollow portion in a part of theresin sealant is employed, and the light can be applied from the side ofthe packaging substrate 105.

That is, in a semiconductor device for optical module such as asemiconductor device for high frequency module or a solid state imagepickup element, the surface of the first semiconductor chip 101 oppositeto the substrate 105 is opened (i.e., not covered with resin) to form ahollow portion, reducing the parasitic capacity of a high frequencycircuit to improve the high frequency characteristics, or enabling thelight to be applied from the back side of the substrate to a lightreceiving plane formed on the back face of the first semiconductor chip.In consideration of this point, in this embodiment, the structure havingthe hollow portion in the resin sealant is employed.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice, showing the structure examples of the semiconductor devicehaving a hollow resin sealant, wherein FIG. 6A shows an example of thesemiconductor device using a substrate with an opening portion, and FIG.6B shows an example of the semiconductor device using an ultraviolet raytransmitting substrate.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the semiconductor device (160, 162) of theembodiment is formed with a hollow portion (A) in a part of the resinsealant 109. Thereby, a functional face (drive face) of the firstsemiconductor chip 101 is exposed, and the light can be applied from thesubstrate 205 having the opening portion (or the ultraviolet raytransmitting substrate 208).

When the resin sealant having the hollow portion is formed, there is aproblem that the resin sealing material is likely to flow out to an areato be made hollow (hollow portion A).

Thus, in this invention, the sealing resin 109 with an ultravioletcuring property to improve the precision of the resin sealing area ofsuch hollow packaging is employed. That is, the sealing resin componentsinclude a cationic polymerization cure resin catalyst to add theultraviolet curing property to the thermosetting resin.

And in packaging the first semiconductor 101, the ultraviolet ray isapplied from the lower face side of the substrate 205 having the openingportion or the ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate 208, and the flipchip packaging is performed under application of the ultraviolet ray.Owing to this application of ultraviolet ray, a peripheral portionaround the hollow portion of the sealing resin 109 is opticallyhardened, and this portion works as a dam to effectively prevent theexcess resin from flowing out.

That is, with a technique of employing the partially hollow substrate orthe transparent substrate transmissive to the ultraviolet ray and theultraviolet cure insulating resin as the sealing material, and applyingthe ultraviolet ray from the substrate side to at least the peripheralportion around the hollow portion to optically harden that peripheralportion in the resin sealing process to prevent the resin from flowingout to the hollow portion, it is possible to construct the small thinsemiconductor device suitable for the optical module such assemiconductor device for high frequency module or solid state imagepickup element.

A method for manufacturing this semiconductor device as shown in FIG. 6Awill be described below.

FIGS. 12A to 12F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process for explaining the manufacturing method ofthe semiconductor device as shown in FIG. 6A.

First of all, the predetermined wiring pattern 106 is formed on thesubstrate 205 provided with an opening portion A, as shown in FIG. 12A.

Then, a resin 209(1) for adding the ultraviolet cure property issupplied to the periphery around a connection electrode portion of thefirst semiconductor chip 101 on the substrate 205, as shown in FIG. 12B.

Then, the first semiconductor chip 101 formed with the electrode 102 isaligned (positioned) and face down bonded with the substrate 205, asshown in FIG. 12C. At this time, to prevent the resin 209(1) fromflowing out of the opening portion of the substrate 205, an ultravioletray having a dominant wavelength from a high pressure mercury lamp, ametal halide lamp or a gallium lamp is applied through the openingportion A of the substrate 205.

Thereby, the resin to which the ultraviolet ray is applied is cured,preventing the resin from flowing out of the opening portion A. Thus,the first semiconductor chip 101 is mounted by flip chip packaging in ahollow sealed state.

Through the steps of FIGS. 12D and 12E, a semiconductor device 160 witha resin sealed package having a hollow structure as shown in FIG. 12F iscompleted. The steps of FIGS. 12D and 12E (steps of packaging the secondsemiconductor chip 103) are the same as the steps of FIGS. 11D and 11E,and not described here.

Using the ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate (208) as shown in FIG.6B, the resin sealed package having the hollow structure can be formedthrough the same process. In this case, the ultraviolet ray is appliedin a state where a light shielding mask is placed in contact with thelower face of the substrate 208 so that the ultraviolet ray may beapplied to only the area to be hollow.

EMBODIMENT 5

In this embodiment, the first semiconductor chip is hollow and sealedwith resin (in the same manner as in the embodiment 4), and the secondsemiconductor chip is sealed with resin around the electrode.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice with a structure that has a hollow portion and is sealed withresin only around the electrode of each semiconductor chip, wherein FIG.7A shows an example of the semiconductor device using the substrate withan opening portion, and FIG. 7B shows an example of the semiconductordevice using the ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate.

Though in the embodiment 4 the first semiconductor chip 101 of twosemiconductor chips is sealed with resin in a hollow packaged state, andthe second semiconductor chip 103 is sealed with resin on the entirelower face of the chip, in this embodiment the second semiconductor chip103 is also sealed with resin in the hollow packaged state (i.e.,partially sealed with resin).

The resin for sealing the periphery around the connection electrode oftwo semiconductor chips 101 and 103 (with reference numerals 209(1) and209(2) in FIGS. 7A and 7B) is the ultraviolet cure sealing resin.

A method for manufacturing this semiconductor device will be describedbelow.

FIGS. 13A to 13F are the cross-sectional views of the semiconductordevice in the main process for explaining the manufacturing method ofthe semiconductor device as shown in FIG. 7A.

FIGS. 13A to 13C are the same as FIGS. 12A to 12C. That is, the wiringpattern 106 is formed on the substrate 205 having the opening portion A,the sealing resin 209(1) is partially supplied, and subsequently thefirst semiconductor chip 101 is mounted by flip chip packaging.

Then, the sealing resin 209(2) is supplied to only an electrodeconnection portion of the second semiconductor chip 103, as shown inFIG. 13D.

And the second semiconductor chip 103 is mounted by flip chip packaging,as shown in FIG. 13E. At this time, the ultraviolet ray is applied fromthe side of the substrate 205 and the lateral face of the semiconductordevice. Thereby, both the resins 209(1) and 209(2) are hardened, so thatthe first and second semiconductor chips (101, 103) are mounted byhollow packaging.

The device using the ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate 208 of FIG.7B can be also formed through the same manufacturing process. Theultraviolet ray is applied by placing a light shielding mask in contactwith the lower face of the ultraviolet ray transmitting substrate 208.

In this way, the resin having the thermosetting property and the opticalcurable property is employed, whereby the resin can be prevented fromflowing into the hollow portion because the resin is locally hardenedaround the hollow portion by applying the ultraviolet ray, and it isimpossible to easily realize a form in which only the periphery aroundthe electrode is sealed with resin as a spot.

As described above, with the invention, two semiconductor chips havingdifferent chip sizes can be mounted by flip chip packaging on theprincipal plane of the common substrate, using the usual packagingtechnology, without using any special components.

That is, with a technique of reducing the thickness of the firstsemiconductor chip and the height of the electrode to suppress thesupport position of the first semiconductor chip, on the other hand,increasing the height of the electrode of the second semiconductor chip,and further forming a protruding portion at an applicable portion of thewiring pattern, as needed, to compensate for the insufficient height,the second semiconductor chip can be supported directly above the firstsemiconductor chip without using any special components or techniques.

Thereby, the three-dimensional flip chip packaging structure of the mostcompact structure in which the first semiconductor chip having smallchip size fully overlaps and is disposed directly under the secondsemiconductor chip having greater chip size is realized.

Since the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip aremounted by flip chip packaging on the principal plane of the commonsubstrate, the thickness of the semiconductor-device can be remarkablyreduced.

Also, since the three-dimensional flip chip packaging is made employingthe same electrode material and the same electrode forming technique asfor packaging the semiconductor of the type in which the semiconductorchips are placed flat on the same plane, any special components areunnecessary, and the number of semiconductor devices taken in the samesubstrate area can be reasonably increased. Accordingly, the cost of thesemiconductor device is reduced.

Also, the electromagnetic shield layer is provided on the upper face ofthe first semiconductor chip, and the first and second semiconductorchips are integrated, and the integrated semiconductor chips are facedown packaged collectively, whereby the higher performance of thesemiconductor device and the lower manufacturing cost can be attained.

Also, with a technique of face down bonding the chips collectively, thefirst semiconductor chip that is thin and weak to the stress and thesemiconductor chip that has a predetermined thickness and is relativelystrong to the stress are bonded together, and then both the chips arecollectively mounted by flip chip packaging, whereby there is the effectthat there is no restriction on packaging the first semiconductor chip,making the universal packaging method available.

Also, the moisture resistance and the environment resistance of thesemiconductor device can be improved by forming the resin sealant. Theresin sealant is provided in a form of sealing the entire semiconductordevice or a form of sealing only the periphery around the connectionbetween the first and second semiconductor chips. In the former form,the first and second chips are protected by the resin. In the latterform, the second semiconductor chip is prevented from being contacted bythe resin, thereby improving the high frequency characteristics of thecircuit.

Also, in the semiconductor device for optical module such as asemiconductor device for high frequency module or a solid state imagepickup element, the surface of the first semiconductor chip opposite tothe substrate is opened (i.e., not covered with resin) to form a hollowportion, reducing the parasitic capacity of a high frequency circuit toimprove the high frequency characteristics, or enabling the light to beapplied from the back side of the substrate to the light receiving planeformed on the back face of the first semiconductor chip. Inconsideration of this point, in this invention, the structure having ahollow portion in the resin sealant can be dealt with. That is, with atechnique of employing a partially hollow substrate or a transparentsubstrate transmissive to ultraviolet ray, and an ultraviolet cureinsulating resin as the sealing material, and applying an ultravioletray from the substrate side to at least a peripheral portion around thehollow portion to optically harden the peripheral portion in the resinsealing process to prevent the resin from flowing into the hollowportion, the small thin semiconductor device suitable for the opticalmodule such as semiconductor device for high frequency module or solidstate image pickup element can be realized.

Also, in curing the resin, both the ultraviolet curing and the heatcuring are employed at the same time, thereby improving the sealingcharacteristics of the sealant.

Also, with the invention, two semiconductor chips can be mounted by flipchip packaging on the common substrate efficiently, and the resinsealant is formed for packaging, as needed, whereby the small, thin andreliable semiconductor device can be manufactured efficiently through asimplified manufacturing process.

In the semiconductor device of the invention, a plurality ofsemiconductor chips are mounted by flip chip packaging on the samesubstrate surface at the high density and in the small thickness withthe low cost through the simplified manufacturing process. Accordingly,the semiconductor device of the invention can be utilized as thesemiconductor package such as a semiconductor memory or SIP (System inPackage) that asks for higher integration, smaller thickness andmulti-layer.

Also, the semiconductor device having a hollow structure in a part ofthe resin sealant is suitable for the uses of the optical modulecomponent such as a high frequency module component or a solid stateimage pickup element.

With this invention, the three-dimensional flip chip packaging techniquethat does not employ any special components or techniques and is easy touse can be established.

While the invention has been described above in detail with reference tothe specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in theart that various changes or modifications may be made thereto withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention. This application isbased on Japanese Patent Application filed on Jan. 25, 2005, with theapplication number 2005-016818, whose contents are hereby incorporatedby way of reference.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The invention achieves the effect that the semiconductor device ofhigher density and small thickness can be realized with lower cost byflip chip packaging a plurality of semiconductor chips on the samesubstrate surface. Accordingly, the semiconductor device of theinvention can be utilized as the semiconductor device for thesemiconductor memory and SIP (System in Package). Also, thesemiconductor device having a hollow structure in a part of the resinsealant is usable as the semiconductor device for the optical modulecomponent such as high frequency module or solid state image pickupelement.

1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate formed with apredetermined wiring pattern on a principal plane; a first semiconductorchip having a first electrode for connecting to said wiring pattern onsaid substrate, said first semiconductor chip being mounted by flip chippackaging by directly connecting said first electrode to an applicableportion of said wiring pattern; and a second semiconductor chip, whichis larger in both the longitudinal and transversal lengths than saidfirst semiconductor chip, having a second electrode for connecting tosaid wiring pattern, said second semiconductor chip being mounted byflip chip packaging by directly connecting said second electrode to anapplicable portion of said wiring pattern, in which a total sum of thethickness of said second electrode and the thickness of the applicableportion of said wiring pattern connected to said second electrode isbeyond a total sum of the thickness of said first semiconductor chip,the thickness of said first electrode and the thickness of the wiringpattern at said predetermined portion connected to said first electrode,said second semiconductor chip being located above said firstsemiconductor chip; wherein said substrate is made of an ultraviolet raytransmitting base material, or has an opening portion in its part, andhas a sealing structure with an ultraviolet cure insulating resin in theform of not covering the surface of said first semiconductor chipopposite to the substrate.
 2. A semiconductor device comprising: asubstrate formed with a predetermined wiring pattern on a principalplane; a first semiconductor chip having a first electrode forconnecting to said wiring pattern on said substrate, said firstsemiconductor chip being mounted by flip chip packaging by directlyconnecting said first electrode to an applicable portion of said wiringpattern; and a second semiconductor chip, which is larger in both thelongitudinal and transversal lengths than said first semiconductor chip,having a second electrode for connecting to said wiring pattern, saidsecond semiconductor chip being mounted by flip chip packaging bydirectly connecting said second electrode to an applicable portion ofsaid wiring pattern, in which a total sum of the thickness of saidsecond electrode and the thickness of the applicable portion of saidwiring pattern connected to said second electrode is beyond a total sumof the thickness of said first semiconductor chip, the thickness of saidfirst electrode and the thickness of the wiring pattern at saidpredetermined portion connected to said first electrode, said secondsemiconductor chip being located above said first semiconductor chip;wherein said substrate is made of an ultraviolet ray transmitting basematerial, or has an opening portion in its part, and has a sealingstructure with an ultraviolet cure insulating resin only around aconnection portion between each of said first and second semiconductorchips and the applicable portion of said wiring pattern on saidsubstrate.
 3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 or 2,wherein a shield layer is formed on the surface of said firstsemiconductor chip opposite to said second semiconductor chip.
 4. Thesemiconductor device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said firstelectrode of said first semiconductor chip is a metal electrode withsmall height, and said second electrode of said second semiconductorchip is an electrode with great height composed of a thick metal layerused for a bonding pad.
 5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1or 2, wherein a projection portion of metal plating is formed at anapplicable portion of said wiring pattern to which said second electrodeof said second semiconductor chip is connected.
 6. The semiconductordevice according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first semiconductor chipis bonded via an insulating resin on the second semiconductor chip. 7.The semiconductor device manufacturing method for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to claim 1 or 2, including: a step ofreducing the thickness by back grinding (back polishing) and preparingsaid substrate formed with a predetermined wiring pattern on itsprincipal plane; and a step of flip chip packaging each of the firstsemiconductor chip having said first electrode and the secondsemiconductor chip having said second electrode on said substrate toform a three-dimensional flip chip packaging structure in which saidsecond semiconductor chip is located above said first semiconductorchip.
 8. The semiconductor device manufacturing method for manufacturingthe semiconductor device according to claim 3, further including a stepof forming a shield layer on the surface of said first semiconductorchip opposite to said second semiconductor chip, in addition to thesteps according to claim
 7. 9. The semiconductor device manufacturingmethod for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 6,wherein the step of forming said three-dimensional flip chip packagingstructure according to claim 7 includes a step of integrating said firstsemiconductor chip and said second semiconductor chip by bonding saidfirst semiconductor chip to said second semiconductor chip, and flipchip packaging said integrated first and second semiconductor chips onsaid substrate collectively.
 10. The semiconductor device manufacturingmethod for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1,further including a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin forsealing, and a step of curing said paste-like insulating resin through aheat treatment, in addition to the steps according to claim
 7. 11. Thesemiconductor device manufacturing method for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the step of formingsaid three-dimensional flip chip packaging structure according to claim7 includes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin oranisotropic insulating resin to only a connection part of said firstsemiconductor chip with said substrate, and a step of flip chippackaging said first semiconductor chip on said substrate by applying anultraviolet ray to at least a part of said insulating resin so that saidinsulating resin may not flow into the connection part of said firstsemiconductor chip with said substrate, a step of flip chip packagingsaid second semiconductor chip on said substrate, a step of supplying apaste-like insulating resin for sealing, and a step of curing saidpaste-like insulating resin through a heat treatment.
 12. Thesemiconductor device manufacturing method for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein the step of formingsaid three-dimensional flip chip packaging structure according to claim7 includes a step of supplying a paste-like insulating resin oranisotropic insulating resin to only a connection part of said firstsemiconductor chip with said substrate, a step of flip chip packagingsaid first semiconductor chip on said substrate by applying anultraviolet ray to at least a part of said insulating resin so that saidinsulating resin may not flow into the connection part of said firstsemiconductor chip with said substrate, a step of flip chip packagingsaid second semiconductor chip on said substrate, and a step of curingsaid uncured insulating resin by applying an ultraviolet ray to anuncured part of said insulating resin so that said insulating resin maynot flow into the connection area of said second semiconductor chip withsaid substrate.
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